Strictly Come Dancing stars Rachel Stevens and Jodie Kidd have donated their shoes for a piece of artwork to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

Olympic track heroine ChristineOhuruogu has donated her trainers, joining hundreds of Britons who have given up their footwear for the event in Coventry on January 25 2009.

The work will be a representation of the shoes which people who perished at Nazi concentration camps were made to remove before they died, organisers said.

The theme for this years memorial day is Stand Up To Hatred.

It encourages communities and individuals to remember the lessons of theHolocaust and later genocides and to react to more common acts of hatred such as bullying, persecution and the use of hateful language.

Dr Stephen Smith, chair of the board of Trustees for Holocaust MemorialDay, said: We are delighted to have received donations from Jodie,Rachel and Christine for the artwork that is being created for the national commemoration in Coventry.

Former footballer, manager and pundit Jimmy Hill, Coventry City FA Cup-winning manager John Sillett and former world record holder and chief executive of UK Athletics Dave Moorcroft have also donated their shoes.

The shoes sculpture will be displayed in Coventry city centre close to the Belgrade Theatre where it will be available for the public to view until February 14.